to speak impromptu

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• Impromptu preaching — is a sermon technique where the preacher exhorts the without any previous preparation. It can be aided with a reading of a Bible passage, alleatory opened or not, or even without any scriptural reference.Impromptu preaching was practiced by the… …   Wikipedia

• Impromptu speaking — is a speech and debate consolation event that involves an eight minute speech, with up to three of these eight minutes available for use as preparation time (known as prep time, or simply prep). At the college level, the speaker is granted seven… …   Wikipedia

• Ohio Impromptu — Three Occasional Pieces. [London]: Faber and Faber, [1982]. First English edition of A Piece of Monologue, Rockaby and Ohio Impromptu. Ohio Impromptu is a “playlet”[1] by Samuel Beckett. Written in English in 1980 …   Wikipedia

• ad-lib — [adj] improvised extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, impromptu, madeup, off the cuff*, spontaneous, unprepared, unrehearsed; concept 267 Ant. deliberate, planned, prepared, rehearsed, written ad lib [adv] in an improvised manner… …   New thesaurus

• ad lib — 1. verb halfway through the speech, she started ad libbing Syn: improvise, extemporize, speak impromptu, play it by ear, make it up as one goes along, wing it 2. adverb she spoke ad lib Syn: impromptu, extempore, without preparation, without… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Gene Edwards — Infobox Celebrity name = Gene Edwards caption = birth date = birth date|1932|7|18 birth place = Commerce, Texas, United States occupation = Protestant Christian Church Planter salary = networth = website = http://www.geneedwards.com/ footnotes =… …   Wikipedia

• improvise — verb 1) she was improvising in front of the cameras Syn: extemporize, ad lib, speak impromptu; informal speak off the cuff, speak off the top of one s head, wing it; jam, scat 2) she improvised a playhouse for the kids Syn: contrive, devise …   Thesaurus of popular words

• ad lib — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. improvisation, extemporization, invention, *offhand remark, impulse. II v. improvise, extemporize, *wing it, *fake it, invent, *play it by ear, speak impromptu, speak off the top of one s head, fabricate, vamp. III …   English dictionary for students

• ad libitum —   a. at one s pleasure ; as much or long as desired; Music, according to desire of performer (abbr. ad lib.). ad lib, v.i. & t. speak impromptu, especially (of actors) jokes, words, etc., not written or rehearsed, or to replace forgotten lines; a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Debate — Discussion redirects here. For a related article, see Discourse. For discussion in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Talk page. University Debating Competitions Asian Championship · Australasian Championship · Canadian Championship ·… …   Wikipedia

• speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …   English dictionary for students